It was a Suraiya solo

Suraiya Jamal Sheikh was mononymously credited as Suraiya.

And the first three letters of her name spelled Sur, which means ‘melody’.

So, it was an apt name.

Not only did she act in the 1950 film Dastan, but she also happened to be the only female singer credited on its soundtrack.

The only song from the film in my collection was Ae Shama Tu Bata.

It happened to be a Suraiya solo.

The man who wrote the song was Shakeel Badayuni.

And it was composed by none other than Naushad Ali (mononymously credited as Naushad).